Doone Run & Dornafield 10k

Several members of Honiton Running Club travelled to the beautiful seaside village of Lynmouth in North Devon to take part in the Doone 10 mile run organised by the charity Care for Kids with the help of North Devon Road Runners. The race took runners up and down trails and tracks along cliff paths with stunning scenery at every twist and turn. Kevin Hawker was the first back for Honiton coming 3rd overall in a time of 1 hour 12 minutes 38 seconds and taking first prize for his age category. He was followed very closely by Ian Stewart who was 5th overall finishing in 1:14:42 having had a great run. Steve Davey was next back finishing 45th in exactly 1 ½ hours. Bruce Strawbridge is back on form and had a great race to come 51st in 1:31:46. He had vied for position with Steve Selley who finished 4 places later in 1:32:01 having taken a wrong turn into someone’s garden! To be fair most of the Honiton runners and a lot of the field had turned into this garden path but Steve managed to go a little further down the path before realising he had gone wrong! Judy Davey was next back delighted to come 3rd lady overall winning her age category and 64th place overall in a time of 1:34:44. Howard Bidmead was next back having been followed by Judy for the entire race until she passed him. Positions changed a couple of times and in the end Howard finished 4 places and 55 seconds behind Judy. New Honiton member Shane Hudd brought the family and had a thoroughly enjoyable race to finish 84th in 1:41:21. Michelle Selley finished the Honiton line-up having enjoyed the views to come 129th in 2:03:52. The race was won by Mark Jenkin in the amazing time of 1:06 and there were 149 finishers.

Julie Payne took part in the Dornafield Women’s 10k organised by Teignbridge Trotters. She finished 13th overall winning her category in a time of 44:29. The scenic course follows undulating rural lanes  and passes through the local hamlets of Ogwell and Denbury.